Victory for Trump as Murkowski opposes impeachment witnesses

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is joining most of her Senate Republican colleagues in opposing witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial, providing a win to the White House as proceedings wind down after nearly two weeks. The Alaska Republican had been one of the final holdouts. Only Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Susan Collins favor calling witnesses, which Democratic House managers want.

“The House chose to send articles of impeachment that are rushed and flawed," Murkowski said in a statement Friday. "I carefully considered the need for additional witnesses and documents, to cure the shortcomings of its process, but ultimately decided that I will vote against considering motions to subpoena."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/victory-for-trump-as-murkowski-opposes-impeachment-witnesses

TikTok Permanently Bans Live Action Over Unspecified ‘Community Guidelines Violations

The popular video-sharing app TikTok permanently banned and removed the pro-life group Live Action from its platform, Live Action president and founder Lila Rose said Friday morning. TikTok removed a video LiveAction posted and then informed the group that it was permanently banned Thursday, Rose said in her statement.

Live Action had published “an educational video to our TikTok highlighting lives saved by our content & raising awareness of the importance of speaking out on abortion,” Director of External Affairs Alison Centofante said in a press release. The platform reportedly told Live Action around 2:30 p.m. that the video “violated community guidelines.” Live Action immediately appealed the removal of the video, Centofante said, and around 3 p.m. received an email from TikTok announcing that the Live Action account “was banned due to multiple Community Guidelines violations.” Tik Tok has not responded to Live Action’s request for an explanation as to why the account was removed and what specific community guidelines were violated.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/31/tiktok-live-action-abortion-lila-rose/

https://twitter.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1223266405392338944